Events and gatherings are being cancelled months in advance, across the world. The Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on our social norms and their cancellations are beginning to take their tolls on our mental health. One such event whose cancellation is collectively bumming out the entire North American enthusiast community is the 2020 Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance.
Last year, I was privileged enough to go to Pebble with BMW and it was easily one of the very best automotive experiences of my life. Admittedly, most established journalists have been to Pebble numerous times but I haven’t. Just the once. And it was everything I’d imagined it would be. Which is why I’m a bit sad that Pebble is cancelled this year, even though I understand why it’s cancelled and agree with said cancellation.
I wasn’t a lock to go back this year, so it’s not as if the cancellation is the only thing stopping me from going. However, I do know that at least a few enthusiasts were going to be going for the first time. Some enthusiasts, somewhere, had made plans to go this year, arranged everything ahead of time and were ready to go. Then Coronavirus happened.
That’s a huge bummer. The Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance is an absurdly opulent, incredibly jaded event but it’s one that enthusiasts around the country dream of going to. So the fact that those dreamers won’t be able to go this year actually makes me a bit sad because I can still feel the giddy excitement of my first time there.
There’s obviously always next year and there are obviously more important things going on than rich people trying to out-rich-people other rich people. Still, it’s a bit of a bummer that one of the most exciting and interesting events of the year is cancelled. At least this gives me another year to save to get there…
What about this ? 1976 BMW Karmann Asso Di Quadri – – — — > Seems a VW rear for me
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Let me get out my Worlds Smallest Violin real quick…
Seems like the Concours is the ultimate expression of the automobile as an ornament. Not a bad thing, but not a totally relevant thing.
The drives and the track events would seem better. Just walking the lawn exhibits of rare and unusual cars has to be invigorating and amazing.
Maybe, but it’s such a unique event. And the only place where you can really see all the great cars of the world.
Well, all of the unusual and rare cars, I will grant you.
No. All the great cars! There is very little missing there. Have you been?
I like to see the Pictures of the great cars of 1930ies, excellent elegant opulence of past … but I am 1000 % sure never, but never, no one would a day invite or pay me to be there. So as I know I just see photos like each picture in google … so if has in 2020 or not would be the same… because I am sure me and wife will never be there in person. Then this is in California mainly in bad weather times of September or so, so 15 thousand Km from here… Dom Perignon had we had, Möet we drink at each festive moment… At End, all we did in Life we paid a lot to be in, none chance someone invite a mortal to this event. Now that I since 15 years be far away from any industry position, for sure it would be a miracle. What is so different in person ? mean, what have so different photos do not show ?
we went to so many car expositions and shows like Rolls Royce in Dornbirn Museum, Autoshow IAA Frankfurt in 1999, Bologna Autoshow 1997, an expo of old cars in S. Paulo, in Genova, in Hamburg, many oldtimer shows when appeared near city like Heist Airfield, BMW Museum in Munich, Audi Museum in Ingolstadt, Autoshows in Anhembi and many smaller others. What is in Peeble Beach so different to see cars ?